Digital Preservation

• Preservation:

• “The managerial, financial, and technical issues involved in preserving library (or archive) materials in all formats - and/or their information content - so as to maximize their useful life” (Eden, 1997)

• Digital Preservation:

• The managed activities necessary for ensuring:

  • 1. The long term maintenance of a byte stream and
  • 2. Continued accessibility of the contents thru time and changing technology.

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